Contents List

Field Reports

• B.D. Hermansen, I. Thuesen, C. Hoffmann Jensen, M. Kinzel, M.B. Petersen, M.L. Jørkov, N. Lynnerup: Shkârat Msaied: The 2005 Season of Excavation: 3-7.



• M. Al-Nahar: The Neolithic Site of Tell Abu as-Sawwan, Jordan: Preliminary Report: 7-12.



• H.G.K. Gebel, B.D. Hermansen, M. Kinzel: Ba‘ja 2005: ATwo-Storied Building and Collective Burials. Results of the 6th Season of Excavation: 12-19.



• D. Rosenberg, A. Nativ: A Pottery Neolithic Clay Surface from Lod, Israel: Characteristics and Possible Meanings: 20-23.



• B. Çelik: Sefer Tepe: A New Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site in Southeastern Turkey: 23-25.



• K. Bartl: Shir: A Neolithic Site in the Middle Orontes Region, Syria: 25-27.

Contributions

• O. Barzilai, Y. Garfinkel: Bidirectional Blade Technology after the PPNB: New Evidence from Sha’ar Hagolan, Israel: 27-31.



• M. Verhoeven: Equifinality, Clay and Tradition: Towards an Understanding of Tell Formation: 32-37.

Workshop Report

• Marc Verhoeven: The Near East in the Far East – Tokyo Symposium: 37-40.




Comments on Recent Publications



• A. Ronen on Peltenburg & Wasse (eds.), Neolithic Revolution: New Perspectives on Southwest Asia in Light of Recent Discoveries in
  Cyprus: 40-42.




New Publications and Theses



• N. Ali, B. Müller-Neuhof, D. Rokitta




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